#45d1ee

Color #45d1ee

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.68 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#45d1ee

RGB

rgb(69, 209, 238)

HSL

hsl(190.3, 83.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.3, 71%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(71%, 12.2%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(77.9, -27.91, -25.09)

LCH

lch(77.9, 37.53, 221.95)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.123, 214.63)

HWB

hwb(190.3, 27.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee6245

Analogous

#45eeb7

#45d1ee

#457cee

Triadic

#45d1ee

#ee45d1

#d1ee45

Split-complementary

#45d1ee

#ee457c

#eeb745

Tetradic

#45d1ee

#6245ee

#ee6245

#d1ee45

Square

#45d1ee

#b745ee

#ee6245

#7cee45

Shades

Color #45d1ee mixed toward black.

#16c5ea

#119ebc

#0d778d

#094f5e

#04282f

Tints

Color #45d1ee mixed toward white.

#64d9f1

#83e0f4

#a2e8f7

#c1f0f9

#e0f7fc

Tones

Color #45d1ee mixed toward gray.

#53c8e0

#61bfd2

#6fb5c4

#7dacb6

#8ba3a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798e7 · ΔE 28.8

Deuteranopia

#8f85e6 · ΔE 32.5

Tritanopia

#54e2e1 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #45d1ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#45d1ee]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#45d1ee (#45d1ee) is rgb(69, 209, 238) in RGB.

No, #45d1ee is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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